Assistant Administrative

Sheryl A. Scagliola

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Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Home: 561-***-****

Cell: 561-***-****

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Education

**** ****: Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL 33460; AS in Legal Assistance; May 1990

1980 1983: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33401; Major: Early Childhood/Elem. Education

1977 1979: Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY; AA /focus in Early Childhood Education, May 1979

Skills

Constant client communications, prepare pleadings and correspondence, draft discovery responses with

clients, respond to incoming mail upon receipt, summarize recorded statements, schedule, retain experts,

and meet discovery deadlines and trial time lines in anticipation of going to trial.

Draft Complaint packages, witness and exhibit lists, compile settlement and demand packages, Pretrial

Stipulations, review insurance information for applicable coverages, obtain medical records, prepare

detailed medical bill summary ledgers, negotiate Letters of Protection, prepare Closing Statements and

assist attorneys with all aspects of personal injury litigation through trial.

Employment History

Legal Assistant to Stuart E. Goldenberg, Esquire, Lichtblau & Goldenberg, P.A., 3300 PGA Boulevard,

Suite 700, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, June 2007 to November 2010.

Focus: Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation, medical malpractice, and collections.

Legal Assistant to John A. Howard, Esquire and Allison Scheffer, partners at Conroy, Simberg, Ganon,

Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Scheffer, P.A., 1801 Centerpark Drive East, Suite 200, West Palm Beach,

FL 33401, April 2001 to July 2007.

Focus: Worker’s Compensation and liability defense. I was also responsible for creating and/or fine

tuning the firm’s PowerPoint Presentations for their seminars for the WPB office.

Legal Assistant to Paul Herman, Esquire (partner) and Michael Goldstein, Esquire, an associate at Miller,

Kagan, Rodriguez & Silver, P.A., 250 Australian Avenue South, Suite 1600, West Palm Beach, FL 33401,

November 1999 to April 2001.

Focus: Worker’s Compensation Defense. I was also responsible for creating the names and themes

of the firm’s seminars, completing the application process with the State of Florida so that attendees

would get proper CLE credits required to maintain their license.

Legal Assistant to Cathy Paris, Esquire, Roy Watson, Esquire, Reed Kellner, Esquire, Cathy Kasten,

Esquire and David Gaspari, Esquire, ADAMS, COOGLER, WATSON, MERKEL, BARRY & KELLNER,

P.A.,1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, Suite 1600, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, August 1992 to

November 1999.

Focus: Medical malpractice and liability defense. I was responsible for preparing Mr. Watson’s

cases for trial and keeping them organized so that all documents could be easily located.

Legal Assistant to Phillip Taylor, Esquire, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., 1639 Palm

Beach Lakes Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33409, August 1990 to July 1992.

Focus: Plaintiff personal injury litigation with a concentration on medical malpractice claims, as well

as claims valued in excess of one million dollars. I would assist Mr. Searcy’s paralegal, David

Gilmore, in preparing his cases for trial.

Legal Secretary to Chuck Mathison, Esquire, Mathison & Deckert, P.A., 300 Banyan Street, West Palm

Beach, FL 33401, February 1987 to August 1990.

Focus: Plaintiff personal injury litigation and trial preparation.

Administrative Assistant/Licensed Investigator, R.E.D. Investigations, Inc., Post Office Box 6589, Lake

Worth, FL 33466, December 1983 to February 1987.

Focus: Investigation of accidents to determine liability for potential personal injury claims.

Responsible for compiling detailed reports for clients delineating all information/evidence in order to

determine liability and damages.

Community Efforts

Vice President of the CCFA at Miami Children’s Hospital 2001 2003

PTA Vice President at Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School from 2002 2005

I am very active in the rights of special needs children and donate time to their parents so they can get the

proper assistance and services that best fit their child’s needs from 2001 to present.

Personal Interests

Scrapbooking, cross stitching, organizing, travel, Broadway musicals, hiking, kayaking, camping and

horseback riding.

References

Roy R. Watson, Esquire John A. Lurvey, Esquire

ADAMS, COOGLER, WATSON, MERKEL, et al. Conroy, Simberg et al.

1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard 1801 Centerpark Drive East

Suite 1600 Suite 200

West Palm Beach, FL 33401 West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Scott Warburton, Esquire John A. Howard, Esquire

ADAMS, COOGLER, WATSON, MERKEL, et al. Conroy, Simberg et al.

1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard 1801 Centerpark Drive East

Suite 1600 Suite 200

West Palm Beach, FL 33401 West Palm Beach, FL 33401

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